Garda awarded €93k for injuries

A garda who dislocated his right shoulder on two occasions while dealing with foreigners who had illegally entered the country at Dublin Airport, has been awarded over €93,000 compensation in the High Court.

Garda Donal Donnellan, aged 44, who is working in the Immigration Department of An Garda Síochána, told the court that in August 2013 he had been helping a colleague in a passport control booth in relation to three Malaysian people. He said that as he entered the booth he immediately recognised two of the three individuals. One of them had suddenly started to run towards the baggage claim area to exit the airport.

He told his counsel, Breffni Gordon, during a Garda compensation hearing that he chased the man and managed to grab him with his right hand. They both had fallen to the floor and he had felt immediate pain in his right shoulder.